We had our last show tonight at 22:00. I’d hustled my ass off all afternoon to do whatever I could to boost our audience numbers. I wanted to go out on a high note. So we had 52 people in the audience tonight (I calculate that there were supposed to be 56, but …
Tag Archive: Edmonton
Aug 20
Sixth Show
Had our sixth show today at 18:15. Decent house, though once again, somewhat papered. Today’s audience was really quiet again, but intent. Josiah once again heard people saying they liked it as they left the building. But almost NOTHING got a laugh today. Not even the “Ladies, gentlemen… racoons” got a giggle today. Only …
Aug 19
Fifth Show
Okay, so we’re over the hump now with two more shows to go. Today’s audience was quiet again, but they weren’t frowny like our Sunday audience, and I was able to, as we used to say in Theatre school, “bus’ a cap in its ass” and avoid the vampiric leaching effect that I felt …
Aug 18
Fourth Show
Very brief because it’s very late. Great show today. We papered the house and tried to get artists in, rather than what Ian Goodtime calls “the CBC greyhairs”, who are old people who just sit there and frown at you because I suppose they expected “a proper play”. Not all old people are CBC …
Aug 17
Day Off
We had another day off today, so we did some more fringing. We saw only three shows today (these are not reviews, just impressions): This Is Not A Play, a physical Theatre show which was amazing to watch, although my ability to follow physical Theatre is limited. It was well-conceived, fucking well performed, …
Aug 17
The Mountain Man Visits The Fringe
So last night, we’re sitting in the Academy at King Edward (our venue as well) watching a show called Seeking. The show is a little into its first scene when suddenly there’s this banging on the door. “What ho?” we all think, or rather, we don’t, because people don’t think words like that, and …
Aug 17
Third Performance – A Cup of Water
Blah. A moth flew around the stage as I plugged my way through a technically perfect performance #3. It may have all been my fault. Something strange happened when I went out on stage. Now, I’m an atheist and a sceptic. I don’t believe in “vibes” or “hoodoo” or vague notions of …
Aug 15
Second Edmonton Performance
It’s getting late, and we have an early brunch with our host’s family tomorrow morning, so I’ll make this short. We had our second performance this afternoon at 4:15. The official count says 30 people, but Ramona swears she counted 38 in the house. The venue was nice and cool, owing to the …
Aug 15
Reviews
Okay, here are the reviews. Quite a mixed bag so far. http://vueweekly.com/fringe/play/p_39/ (3 out of 5 stars) This one I take some pride in. I’ve read a few of her other reviews, and it seems that unlike some of her colleagues (one of whom gave the TERRIBLE show I saw yesterday a FOUR star …
Aug 14
First Show Edmonton
So, we rehearsed our butts off with our two new stagehands yesterday afternoon before the show. I went from being pants-shitting nervous to simple urine-stain nervous during that time, as they seemed to be quietly competent which was more than I had the right to expect from grade 11 students. The show went… well, all …
Aug 12
Networking and Signage
Or signage and networking, if you want the strict chronological order of things. No photos here, so I’ll keep this short to prevent my blog from becoming a wall of text. On Monday we started throwing signs up after being told by Jem Rolls that we’d better shit or get off the pot …
Aug 10
New Mission: Edmonton!
39 officially landed in Edmonton on Monday, August 9th 2010 when Andrew’s Greyhound bus pulled into the Edmonton bus terminal 30 minutes late. The 39 cast and touring crew (all two of us) are being billeted in Edmonton by a lovely woman named Lois and her greyhound (dog, not bus) Caesar. Lois has a …
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